Moist and decadent Zucchini Chocolate muffins dotted with chocolate chips. This is the fluffiest and softest zucchini muffins you'll ever bake!
Try my decadent Chocolate Bundt Cake next and these crinkly Brownies if you love to bake in small batches! Find all my breakfast recipes here!
I am guilty of not sharing this ultimate chocolate zucchini muffins recipe with you sooner! I mean do you see how rich and moist it looks?
Now I know what you are thinking! Veggies? In chocolate muffins?? Are you outta your mind!!!
But wait!! Zucchini is the best thing to have happened to chocolate muffins. It imparts a ton of moisture and zero flavor to muffins (Thank Goodness!).
You will never know there are veggies sneaking in your muffins! And look at that texture!
Texture of these Chocolate Muffins:
These chocolate zucchini muffins taste ever better than they look!
- Supremely moist and decadent
- Over the top chocolatey
- Oh-so-fluffy
- Melt in mouth soft
Muffins Ingredients:
- The regular gang of flour, leaveners, egg, granulated sugar and salt
- Cocoa: I use Hershey's special dark, not the natural one
- Grated zucchini, oil and brown sugar for a moist and flavor rich muffin
- Coffee powder: To boost the flavor of chocolate
- Chocolate Chips: You need to coat them in some flour. As the batter is thin, they might get sunk to the bottom as the muffins bake
How to make chocolate zucchini muffins:
They are so easy that you can make them with your eyes closed. Not really! But you get my point! And they contain double dose of chocolate. Aka chocolate in the batter and melty pockets from chocolate chips.
Lets see how we bring the batter together:
- Let your egg and zucchini come to room temperature.
- Combine an egg, both sugars, oil, vanilla and coffee in a medium bowl.
- Add in grated zucchini (removed of extra moisture.
- Sift dry ingredients over wet.
- Fold it all in with chocolate chips (dusted with some flour).
- Pour in liners and bake!
Top with more chocolate chips while the muffins are still warm.
Can you store muffins at room temperature?
Most muffins stay good at room temperature for 2-3 days. If you have leftover zucchini muffins after 2 days, store them in an air tight container in the fridge.
When ready to eat, you may warm one for 30 second in microwave. Muffin will taste like fresh again.
These are truly the best chocolate zucchini muffins I have ever made.
And trust me I have tried so many recipes! Double chocolate zucchini muffins with greek yogurt, with sour cream even apple sauce!
But the moisture that extra zucchini imparts to these muffins in unbeatable!
You will want to eat these chocolate muffins every morning!
Chocolate is the way to begin your day!
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Recipe
Zucchini Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup All purpose Flour
- ¼ cup Dutch processed cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
- â…› teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Coffee powder
- 1 large Egg
- ¼ cup Flavorless Oil (such as vegetable/avocado/canola/coconut/olive)
- ¼ cup Granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light Brown sugar
- ¾ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ¾ cup + 2 Tbsp Cup Lightly packed Zucchini (removed of excess liquid)
- ¾ Cup Chocolate Chips lightly coated with flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 deg F and grate your zucchini. Press it on a strainer to drain the excess liquid. Line a muffin pan with 5 liners and set it aside.
- In a medium bowl whisk egg, sugars, coffee, vanilla and oil till combined. About 2-3 mins, using a beater.
- Now add zucchini to it and mix in lightly.
- Sift flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda over wet ingredients and fold in only till flour disappears into the batter.
- Add in chocolate chips, saving a few to top after the muffins are baked.
- Pour batter in the prepared liners, all the way to the top. Leaving just about â…›th of an inch.
- Bake on 425 deg F for 9 mins then keeping the muffins in the oven, reduce the temp down to 350 deg F.
- Bake for 7-9 mins or until they pass tooth pick test.
- Remove from oven and press the remaining choc-chips on top. Now remove them from muffin tin. Cool on wire rack and enjoy warm!
Notes
Nutrition
Ben
These look awesome! I love that they're made with zucchini. That automatically qualifies them as healthy in my book.
Marta
They look so chocolatey and rich! I don't think I've ever tasted zucchini muffins this decadent!
Sean@Diversivore
I think we can forgive you for not sharing sooner. After all, these look too good for us to stay mad 😉
I've had a lot of zucchini breads and muffins over the years, but I think really leaning into the chocolate here is a great choice. It makes for big flavour without being overly sugary. Cheers!
Caitlyn Erhardt
These are so moist and chocolaty. Great flavor and will be making again soon.
SHANIKA
Wow! These cupcakes look SUPER moist! I'm loving the zucchini + chocolate combo! YUM!
Emmeline
These muffins look amazing!! I have yet to try zucchini in muffins but I love hiding veggies so I must try it!
Haley D. Williams
These are amazing! So moist and delicious
Alison
These look super moist and decadent!! Thank you for sharing!
Kelly Anthony
These double chocolate zucchini muffins have my name written all over these. I'm obsessed with chocolate and these make me feel a little better while I'm eating them since they have a vegetable too.
Danielle
That color is blazing hot! I love it. I wonder if it changes if you make it triple chocolate LOL Delicious-looking zucchini muffins that can be such a great entertainer at my next party!
Amanda Mason
What a perfect recipe and sweet treat to get rid of all my leftover zucchini!! I'm a chocolate lover and these muffins are right up my alley!!
Donna
So much chocolatey goodness! The kids didn't even notice the zucchini!
Marisa F. Stewart
WOW! The muffins certainly look moist. This is perfect for all chocolate lovers. And since my family loves chocolate this will be the perfect recipe. I'm making it tomorrow.
Aleta
Oh my, these muffins looks incredibly delicious! I love how moist zucchini makes muffins and you certainly can't go wrong with double chocolate!
shobee
This Zucchini muffins looks so moist and fluffy. This should be a perfect breakfast with strong coffee to boost my energy throughout the day. Those pictures looks gorgeous.
Analida Braeger
Anything with chocolate would be my go-to treat! Do you use instant coffee as the coffee powder for this recipe?
GreedyEats
Yep, any kind of coffee works fine in this recipe! 🙂
Veena Azmanov
This is such an interesting and unique combo. I want to just go for it.
Jacqui Debono
Zucchini is the best for making cakes and bread moist, and these look really lovely and rich too!
Sophie
This look so so good. Moist and chocolatey.
Jess
Oh heck yes! Count me in! Especially on that double chocolate part!